Ok, I just got a Canon Multifunction PIXMA MP610 to replace my other Canon. Canon released the linux drivers for it here. I dutifully unrpmed them in / and they seemed to go to the correct locations. Installed in CUPS without a hitch, but when I tried to test print, it said it was processing then, no jobs, and basically it didn't print. A lot of others have got it going in Linux, so I know it's possible. Any ideas? At this stage, all I'm trying to achieve is printing.Last edited by battleshooter on Fri 06 Feb 2009, 02:23; edited 1 time in total

Thanks for suggesting Turboprint, but I'm afraid I don't think I'll be able to persuade my parents to foot out 30 Euro when the printer works in Windows. Do you think you could think of any way the printer will work without Turboprint? As a point of interest, I noticed instead printing to cnij_usb:/dev/usb/lp0 like it does in CUPS, it prints to tpu://Canon/MP610_series in TurboPrint. But that's just Turbo's own port isn't it? Thanks for your help Muggins.

At least I think that's all that should be required. I haven't looked at the pdf manual for your printer, but you can try running one of the executables that come with the program, like say cifmp610, cngpij cngpijmonmp610, lgmonmp610, or printuimp610, and see whether any errors are generated about missing library files.

Sorry for the delay Muggins. I made the links using the code you gave me in a fresh pupsave and then unrpmed and and added the printer to Cups. Then I tried printing the test page but it didn't go. Rebooted. Tried printing test page again, set the printer as default printer, tried printing something other than the test page, but still no go. What shall I try next Muggins? Thanks for your time mate,

Oh, and I tested cifmp610, cngpij cngpijmonmp610, lgmonmp610, or printuimp610 in a terminal but they didn't spit out any errors.

Lgmonmp610 just gave me a blank terminal,

cngpijmonmp610 opened a window called status monitor telling me "Ready",

Also, in the cups browser, when you select add a printer, is canonmp160.ppd showing as an option?

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You should now [Edited for clarity] be able to access it at http://localhost:631 and add the Canon printer and print a test page. The default usb backend worked fine for me, but you may also wish to try the Canon backend. (The two backends are why the printer will show up twice in the Add Printer page -- each backend is reporting the printer to CUPS.)

I got into /usr/sbin and could see lpadmin staring right at me, but when I opened a terminal in the directory it kept telling me "lpadmin: no such file or directory" when I could see it right there. As a point of curiosity, are MP610 and MP160 drivers compatible or something? Anyway I can't see canonmp160.ppd but Canon MP610 Series Ver.2.80 (en) is an option and the one I normally use.

Are you trying to print from an open document in Abiword? If not, try it.
Does your printer show up on the printer selection menu, or do you just get "Generic Postscript Printer"?
If your printer does not show up as a choice, use Petget to install Ted, which is a very basic wordprocessor, but it does print. If Ted prints, then you've got the problem that I've been chasing for more than a year.

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